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How to use Bulk Generation facility on the E way Bill portal?

Updated on Mar 26, 2018 - 05:14:14 PM

Latest Update as on 23rd March 2018

Inter-state implementation of e-way bill is notified to be implemented from 1st April 2018.

As per the 26th GST Council Meet held on 10th Mar 2018, Intra-state implementation of Eway Bill to kick-off from 15th April 2018* in a phased manner. States to be divided into 4 lots to execute this phased rollout.

*Will come into effect once notified by CBEC

Large-sized business houses or logistic operators having many consignments across the country on a single day to handle would prefer a simple and time-saving system where they generate all the required e-way bills or Update vehicle details by a single file upload.

This can be made possible by using the facility of Bulk generation of e-way bills on the e-way bills portal.

A bulk e-way bill option is used when a user needs to generate multiple e-Way Bills/ consolidated e-way bills/update multiple e-way bills in one shot by a single upload.

In this article, we cover the step-by-step process to be followed for Bulk Generation of e-way bills /consolidated e-way bills on the e-way bill portal.

Step-4: Use the .xlsm converter tool to convert the excel file into a JSON file.

The resulting file in JSON is ready for upload.

Which method to choose?

The second method i.e. using bulk converter tool to convert excel into JSON template is preferable over the first i.e. updating JSON template directly and using it. The reason being there is a validation that takes place when you convert the updated excel template into the JSON template, where any errors shall be reported to you for your corrections even before uploading the JSON file.

2. To bulk-update vehicle details

Download the ‘Vehicle No Updation JSON Preparation’ template from ‘Bulk Generation Tools’ available under ‘How to use’ from home page tabs.

Once the template is downloaded, fill up the details and validate the file by clicking on ‘Validate’ button in the excel file. After validating for any errors, Click on ‘Prepare JSON’. The JSON file is ready for use!

3.Steps to upload the filled-in template on the E-way Bill portal

1. For Bulk-generation

Once the updated JSON File is ready for upload, Following steps can be followed for generating single EWB or consolidated EWB:

Step 1: Login using the username, password and entering the captcha code.

Step 2: Select ‘ Generate bulk’ under ‘E-waybill ’ option or ‘ Consolidated EWB’ option as per your choice, appearing on the left-hand side of the dashboard.

OR

Step 3: Choose the saved JSON file from your system and click ‘Upload and Generate’

After processing the JSON file, the system generates EWBs in a list as depicted below:

You can copy the resulting listed E-Way bills numbers and date of generation and paste the same in a document saved on your system for further action.

Errors if any appear against each EWB entry. Make corrections accordingly and process it again.

2. For bulk-updation of vehicle details

Once the updated JSON File is ready for upload, Following steps can be followed for updating vehicle details:

Step-1: Select ‘Update Vehicle-Bulk’ under e-Waybill option on the dashboard

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